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The University at Buffalo (UB) will not change the operations of the Shale Resources and Society Institute (SRSI), despite a controversy over an SRSI hydraulic fracturing (fracking) study that threatened to overshadow its conclusions, UB said.

Youngstown State University (YSU) is planning an on-campus institute to educate professionals and provide research for the Utica and Marcellus shale industry in Ohio and Pennsylvania, university officials said.

The oil and natural gas industry has been carrying out a media blitz to educate policymakers and the general public about the market at a time when opinions of the industry are at their lowest level due to high gasoline and natural gas prices.

The oil and natural gas industry is carrying out a media blitz to educate policymakers and the general public about the market at a time when opinions of the industry are at their lowest level due to high gasoline and natural gas prices.

Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine Wednesday offered a broad-based energy plan that seeks to promote the state’s energy independence and educate consumers on energy conservation and efficiency.

FERC has released a 10-page guide that responds to and seeks to allay the public’s concerns about the safety of liquefied natural gas (LNG), as well as educate the public about how to get involved at the agency to either support or block LNG projects.

Listing the education of FERC as one of the pipeline industry’s biggest problems to date, Fred Fowler, chairman of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) and president of Duke Energy Corp., said oftentimes when the Commission says it is trying to help a situation, their directive only “exacerbates” the problem.

Listing the education of FERC as one of the pipeline industry’s biggest problems to date, Fred Fowler, chairman of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) and president of Duke Energy Corp., said oftentimes when the Commission says it is trying to help a situation, their directive only “exacerbates” the problem.

With the New Year ringing in the launch of retail electric competition in Texas, a key executive with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) last Wednesday expressed confidence that the state’s transmission system will be up to meeting the demands of electricity deregulation.